Jules Wright (25 February 1948 – 21 June 2015) was an Australian-born theatre director, a co-founder in 1981 of the Women's Playhouse Trust (WPT),[1] the first resident woman director at the Royal Court Theatre,[2] being only the second woman to direct on its main stage,[1] Wright was born Alexandra Vesty in Melbourne on 25 February 1948.
At the Theatre Royal at Stratford East, Clare Venables gave Wright the opportunity to direct professionally.
The cast included Harriet Walter, Alan Rickman, Pam Ferris, Kathryn Pogson and Denis Lawson.
In 1995 Wright worked again on a play by Behn, the first English woman professional playwright, when she directed The Rover for the BBC/Open University.
[2][7] Wapping Hydraulic Power Station was converted by Shed54 architecture practice to became a gallery, performance space, and restaurant.